Puff, Puff, It Is An Age Of Puffing, Puff, Puff, Puff

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Puff, Puff, It Is An Age Of Puffing, Puff, Puff, Puff
Puff, Puff, It Is An Age Of Puffing, Puff, Puff, Puff
Publisher (British, 1788 - 1875)
Datepublished September 25, 1827
MediumHand-colored etching
DimensionsComposition: 14 1/2 in. × 9 in. (36.8 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 11 in. × 17 1/4 in. (27.9 × 43.8 cm) Support: 11 × 17 1/4 in. (27.9 × 43.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.156
Not on view
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Provenance 1959: Hamilton College by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams
Markings Small pencil sketch at upper center right of sheet: a triangle turned on its side, with a crescent at its apex
Signature Signed and dated in typeset at lower right: Pub Sept 25 1827 by Tho McLean Haymarket London
Inscribed Signed and dated in typeset at lower right: Pub Sept 25 1827 by Tho McLean Haymarket London; entitled in typeset along bottom edge: PUFF, PUFF, IT IS AN AGE OF PUFFING, PUFF, PUFF, PUFF,; inscribed in pencil on verso at lower left: HC148
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